Philosophical Theories of Art: A Survey from Plato to Schopenhauer
Journal Title: Review Journal of Political Philosophy - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
Philosophy of art western approach deals with western philosophical perspectives on art. It includes all theoretical discussions of art ranging from Plato to Schopenhauer. Art is one of the cultural activities of man through which he reaches his ideas, values, feelings, aspirations and reactions to life. The generic purpose of art is to provide aesthetic experience and enjoyment to the recipient. Art give outlet to the artist himself to reveal and express his innermost aspirations, feelings, sentiments and also the impressions of life. Aesthetic experience in its essence is indescribable and it does not occur in terms of conscious thought. The theory of art in West begins with the Plato’s imitative theory which proposed that art is imitative in nature. Aristotle also argued that art is representation of the ideal. Both Plato and Aristotle were forced to establish a theory of art based on their metaphysical views about the nature of the world. Immanuel Kant, representative of intellectualist theory said that art and beauty gives only a subjective satisfaction, we cannot speak of the beauty for the object them. Benedetto Croce propounded an expression theory of art. Schopenhauer profoundly presented the theory of art as the withdrawal of the will.
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Dr. P. K. Rejimon
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